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進化するインテリジェントロボット――日本企業における展開と活用の可能性

BHI Japanは、AIとロボットが融合した「インテリジェントロボット」を日本における生産性向上、優位性構築の切り札ととらえ、その事業としての展開と活用について考察を進めてきました。本稿では、日本が特に注力すべき領域を明らかにしながら、考えうる具体的な活用例を業界ごとに解説します。

BCGが読む経営の論点2022

アフターコロナを見通し、経営をさらに進化させるために何をすべきか。進展する構造変化の本質と企業経営が目指す方向性について、業界を問わず必須のポイントを提示したうえで、9つの業界の論点をより具体的に示します。

実効性あるESG戦略策定への道筋――独建材企業クセラグループの事例より

CO2排出量の削減が難しい産業の企業は良いESG評価を得ることができない、という認識が一部にあります。しかし、そうした業界でも戦略的にESG目標を設定して実行に移し、成果をあげている企業もあります。

グローバル・サプライチェーンのレジリエンスを高める

企業はパンデミックにより露呈した構造的問題に対処するため、グローバル生産・供給ネットワークを再考し、レジリエンスを高める必要があります――たとえ、それがコスト増につながるとしても。

Agribusiness

New Applications and New Strategies for Fertilizer Companies

Fertilizer producers must devise new strategies for a future in which competition for ammonia, their key feedstock, is set to rise dramatically.

Making Regenerative Agriculture Profitable for US Farmers

Regenerative agriculture has the potential to reduce GHG emissions, increase biodiversity, and boost farmers’ profits—if financing and other obstacles can be overcome.

Building Materials

Harnessing the Tectonic Shifts in Global Manufacturing

Trade disruptions have prompted many global companies to shift where they produce and source goods. But getting the desired results requires a difficult balancing act.

Nordic Circular Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Growth and Resilience

Unlock new growth, cost efficiencies, and risk mitigation. Capitalize on untapped value pools and sector opportunities with the Nordic circular economy.

Chemicals

Global Trade in Hydrogen Will Miss 2030 Targets

Regions like Europe must import sizeable volumes of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 to meet climate commitments. Increasingly, that looks like a long shot.

Can Carbon Help Decarbonize Chemicals?

Carbon transformation, or CO2 to X, is rapidly emerging as an economically viable alternative to fossil fuel-based chemical production. Big companies need to engage.

Forest Products, Paper, and Packaging

Deforestation & Conversion Free Supply Chain: A Guide for Action

Natural ecosystems touch all aspects of our daily lives, from the air we breathe to our health. Businesses have an important role to play in safeguarding these ecosystems by eliminating deforestation & conversion from their supply chain.

Net-Zero Trucks? Yes, It’s Possible.

The trucks used in industries like mining and agriculture burn diesel and emit a lot of CO2. Fortunately, replacement solutions exist—if companies understand the costs and benefits.

Metals and Mining

Striking Gold with EV Battery Recycling

As the auto industry continues the transformation to electric vehicles, embracing the EV battery recycling wave has become a strategic imperative.

Five Steps for Solving the Rare-Earth Metals Shortage

The global 2050 carbon emissions targets may be eclipsed by a rare-earth supply-demand imbalance—unless governments, investors, and companies take swift, aggressive, and purposeful action.

Machinery and Industrial Automation

Schneider Electric’s Journey to a Generative AI Future

The company’s leaders recognize that a GenAI transformation requires a transformation of business processes and people development.

Empowering Homes with Flexible Energy

As demand for electricity surges and electric grids become less stable, residential energy flexibilization provides a solution.

Real Estate

Winning the Future of Retail with Real Estate

As the pandemic accelerates the US retail apocalypse, how should retailers reimagine their path to profitable growth?

Building the Housing of the Future

Alternatives to traditional homes account for up to 6% of all new residential units built annually, and demand is predicted to continue. The construction industry must adapt.